The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-24
AWAY DOWN SOUTH.
lagos Experiences During a
Few Short Days.
sIX.YEAR-OLD's PHILOSOPHY
Meeting With Old Friends-4 Sum-
mer Out The Storekeeper' Cansrd
"A Pleasant Resort

norant, that q newspaper letter must
necessarily be one or both OF two
things, namely. interesting or very
amusing. 1 am about to shatter that
idol. l hold it to be one of the relics of
barbarian, an effete Renaissance of the
good old days of brains, now almost
forgotten. This letter is neither in
teresting nor amusing; at least not to
me, and think l ought to know, for l
have scanned it far more carefully than
anyone else will.
The writer hereof, reversing the prao-
tice, though retaining some of the ma
ture of the wild geese who go north in
summer (not necessarily to Soda
Springs) and south in winter, decided
on taking his "out." this season, in the
sunny CLINE OF s Dutbern Utah. He &C
coruingly started, some eight days ago,
to carry out This intention, one of the
few not yet prohibited by Congressional
legislation.
| THE RIDE TO EEPHI
occurred wi hout any event of more
than passing import-"Rats!' -and
this under the eagle eye of the genial
Acomb, conductor and gentleman;
terms not always synonymous, but gen.
orally so 1 am happy to say, upon our
local roads, especially the old reliable
Utah Central. Among my fellow
passengers were a 6-year-old scion of
the same sex and lineage as myself;
Superintendent Dougall, of the Deseret
Telegraph line, who was going as far as
Nephi, and f. Solomon. Esq, wife and
daughter, the latter trio on their way
to Mr.. Salomon's stock ranch, near
MorOni. AS | boarded the S. 2. v. for
Chester, noticed Heoer Cutler (woolen
goods on his way down the Sandpitch,
in the interests of hi, house, and an
ether individual whom | learned to be
| Deputy Marshal Kasmus Clausen one
of the Sanpete heads of the Liberal
hydra. but pretty decent sort of fell
low. they say, in his way.
AT CHESTER,
l was pleased to meet the beaming
visage and grasp the hearty hand
of our old-time friend, David Cand-
land, now presiding over the destlnies
of the government mali bags, at
| this pastoral little namesake of the
antique burg on the Mersey. Davy is
the same plump and pleasing person
| age" as OF yOre, and seems to be quite
popular with his neighbors; q recent
humber of the Moroni-leu me see,
forget the name of the paper-contains
his spirited Fourth OF July grafton, de-
livered by request to the patriotic peas
antry of that place. on the ever memoir
able day.
The most popular man in Sanpete,
however is President Peterson, called
by the Tribune king Canute'-known
and respected far beyond the bounds of
the 6ourishing country and valley he
has done so much for. He was found at
his home in Ephraim, where he aud mis-
amiable family did all they could to
render the brief stay Of your CORES
pendent beneath their hospitable root
as pleasant as possible. President
Peterson, besides being a man of recog-
nizr d ability, is good deal of humor-
ist as well. HIS pleasantly: Whenever
you come within half mile of my place
be sure and STOP" reminds one of
another IN which the fellow says to his
friend: Il am living down by the canal,
drop in some evening" The genial
face of another old-time acquaintance,
Jonn B. Maiben, calling up visions of
Sunday school prizes and catechisms.
also greeted us here. He resides in
Manti, and is one of the presidency of
the SaDpete sta sc.
Shortly after my arrival.
CHARLEY JOHNSON,
of Valley tan proclivities, came speed
ing down thestreet on his bicycle, which
he had probably ridden from the end of
the track, eight miles away, or, for
aught | know, from Salt Lake through.
He and w. D. Owen were out drum
ming for q. q. NJ. L.
AS night came on and meeting time
arrived-an eid.r from Salt Lake was
going to speak, said to my 6-year-old
com anion: Which would lou rather
do, 60 to meeting or go to bed7" He
unused thouShtfully a moment and then
replied: "Uo l have to go to bed if |
don't go to meeting?" THAT'S about
the size of 1t, son." answered. well -
with sigh. Il guess I'll go to bed :"
And yet great things are expected of
the rising generation.
The mountains look on Manti, and
Manti looks on the mountains: land
musing there an hour alone" dreamed
that Utah might be free. EVERYBODY
I've talked with is in for Statehood, as
preferable to being in for six months,
and furnish your own evidence.
THE sAEPErE MoRMoNs,
ike all the rest, are willing to meet the
consequences of violating the law, but
they insist, perVerse creatures! on the
formality of being proven guilty before
punishment. Statehood, they think
will insure this, and. therefore, thew are
IN tavor of it, as also for other reasons
II was With Bishop Madsen, of Gun
nison, very nice, intelligent gentle
mana sharer with Arthur Stayner in
the honors, empty SO far. slasl of some
OF our earliest successful efforts at smear
making-that We few southward neTt
morning, taking in Manti on the way.
without being taken in" ourselves
except IN way that NO stranger
could possibly object TO. Noon fonnd
as at Gunnison, evening at SsIina ana
midnight at Rich6eld. at the second
place We parted reluctantly from onr
good friend, Richard humphrey. wbC
was wanted by the deputies on the
going charge, and taken at dayIigb,
next morning, sitter having driven ms
over from Guunison The dav before